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I was in the first group of Lymm Grammar School students to move to Oughtrington Hall in 1945/46. Later, perhaps 1952/53, we established cricket at the school and played matches against other Cheshire Grammar Schools there - all ...Read more

A memory of Oughtrington in 1946 by Brian Deverall

My parents moved to Elm Park (Mungo Park Estate) around 1957, when I was around 18 months old, with my two brothers (John and Terry). I attended Scargill infants and junior school, in Simpson Road, and in 1966 went to Brittons ...Read more

A memory of Elm Park in 1966 by Bob Amies

While exploring my British Roots in 2003 with my then 80+years-old mother we were blessed with the opportunity offered by the owner of the Woolstapler House, pictured in the lower right foreground of this ...Read more

A memory of Cirencester in 2003

I first went to the California Speedway, based at the Longmoor track, within the grounds of the California-in-England Country Park, in 1954, and went regularly, until the speedway track was closed in 1957. Speedway first started ...Read more

A memory of Wokingham in 1954 by Bryan Horsnell

Our family moved to Northolt (Mildred Avenue) around 1956 from Harlesden and I left in 1978. I have great memories of Wood End infants/junior school. Playing near Northolt Park Station and anoying the station master who we lovingly ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by Brian Holder

My parents lived here in 1938 when my sister Diane was born on 21 Nov 1938.

A memory of Moseley in 1930 by Edward Williams

I was trying to remember the number of crashed aircraft I had seen, and, in another life, dealt with. Despite the closeness of many airfields, Church Broughton being the closest ...Read more

A memory of Stramshall by John Mellor

My name George Conquest, I lived at 12a King Street before it was rebuilt. I used to play in Mary Stephens Park, and the swan pool, the 'rec', and the sand pit at the top of King Street where C&V coaches were based. I went ...Read more

A memory of Wollaston in 1951 by George Conquest

I can remember going for a drive on a sunny Sunday afternoon with my mum and dad to Platt Fields Park, sometimes Dad would hire a boat on the lake and take us rowing, I would have a bag with bread in to to feed the ducks. I ...Read more

A memory of Fallowfield in 1968 by Moira Bardsley

I came to live in the town when I was awarded an Engineering Cadetship to train for a technical commision in the Armed Forces. About 70 of us were based at The Technical College. I and another Cadet were billeted first in ...Read more

A memory of Wakefield in 1943 by James Dowd